Ian Thorpe, five-time Olympic champion, 11 times world champion and world record holder 13, has announced his retirement at 24. At first it seemed that it was discontinuing the World Cup only to be held in Australia in its 2007, but later clarified that its run ends here: no Beijing 2008, there are other priorities in life.
from the 2004 Athens Olympics Thorpe no longer take part in any international event, even for physical problems and had also missed the 2005 World Championships in Montreal.
Ian has been the driving force of the explosion Australian swimming has been the basis for a system that has shocked the swimming of the last 10 years, leading to repetition and a world record the birth of new stars like Hackett, Lenton, Hayes .
His performances have often been observed and many were the result of an elaborate medical procedure .. to put it away with doping. All this has never been even remotely proven. He remains a physical prefect prepared for swimming: 192 high, sturdy, 53 foot, nothing to do with parents who are high 160, chubby and can not swim. A true mystery of genetics.
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